Enoch



N-PETERS, PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER WASHINGTON D C UNITED STATES Pr-YIENTOFFICE.

ENOCH APPLEGATE, OF WILMINGTON, DELAWARE.

CHAIN-CABLE HOOK.

speeicaton of Letters Patent No. 14,758, dated April 29, 1856.

T0 all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, ENooH APPLEGATE, of l/Vilmington, in the county ofNewcastle and State of Delaware, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Cable- Hooks for Suspending Anchors, &c., and Allowingthem to Drop Instantaneously when Required, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description, reference being had to theaccompanying drawing of the same, in which- Figure l, represents a Vsideelevation of my improved hook as in position to suspend the anchor bymeans of a link of the cable chain. Fig. 2, represents a similar viewbut showing the relative position of its parts when freed from theanchor or suspended weight, and Fig. 3, represents a view in perspectiveof the same showing its arms extended as in Fig. 2- to permit the anchorto drop.

The object of my invention is to provide a cheap and effective means ofsuspending anchors or other weights, and of dropping theminstantaneously when occasion should require without the possibility ofimpediment as in all other anchor trippers heretofore made; and itconsist-s in so hinging or jointing two arms to an iron beam attached tothe cat-heads of a vessel in any suitable way, that they shall be freeto move laterally when forced apart by the weight of the anchor, uponthe raising of the lock lever, thus allowing the chain to pass freelybetween the projections or teeth on the lower end of the arms as theanchor descends.

To one end of the beam (E) is secured the arms (F) by means of hingejoints (D), having on their under side and other eX- tremity,projections or teeth (A), between which the cable chain (b) of theanchor is suspended when the latter is raised, they being held togetherby means of a lock lever (B) having a mortise (a a) near its forward endinto which the projections (l) of each arm (F) pass. When it is desiredto lock the arms together for the purpose of supporting the anchor orother weight. This lock lever is bent near its middle, at which point itis secured by means of a staple (d), to the beam (15); the apex of theangle thus formed, serving as the fulcrum, upon which the lever is movedto lock the arms for the purpose of supporting a weight, as seen in Fig.1; and to unlock them to allow it drop as shown in Fig. 2, the latterbeing effected by the mere striking of the end or handle (c) of thelever (B), so as to raise the mortise or its forward end free from theprojections (Z) of the arms (F), when the weight of the anchor willcause the chain to force these arms apart as seen at Fig. 3; thusallowing the anchor to drop without further impediment from the cablehook. Through one end of the beam is cut a hole (e) for the reception ofa rope or chain, by which the cable hook is suspended or attached to thecat-head or other convenient part of the vessel; or it may be secured inany other suitable manner.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent is- The hinged arms and projections (A) ortheir equivalents for supporting the anchor, in combination with thelock lever (B) and projections (Z) when operating in the manner and forthe purposes substantially as herein set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

ENOGH APPLEGATE. Attest:

WILLIAM P. WooD, P. HANNAY.

